OR 2008-1191 Temporary signs
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. ~/91
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY REPEALING
SECTION SEC. 6-15-6.(A) AND (B), PROVISIONS FOR
TEMPORARY (ON-PREMISE) SIGNS, 2. BUSINESS REAL
ESTATE SIGNS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACING WITH A
NEW SECTION 6-15-6.2 PROVIDING NEW REGULATIONS FOR
SIZE, LOCATION, DESIGN AND TIME DURATION OF
TEMPORARY SIGNS FOR SALE OR LEASE; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
CLAUSE OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,000) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Code of Ordinances of the City ofCoppell, Texas, as heretofore
amended, be, and the same is hereby amended by repealing Section 6-15-6.2(A) and (B)
and replacing with a new Section 6-15-6.2(A) and (B) providing new regulations for
temporary for sale and lease sign, which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 6-15-6. Provisions for temporary (on-premise) signs.
The following signs may be erected and maintained subject to the following restrictions:
2. Business real estate signs:
(A) Highway frontage and property zoned LI:
(i) Temporary signs advertising the sale, rental or lease of the
land upon which the sign is located may be erected on a
tract of land two acres or larger in size fronting State
Highway 121, Interstate Highway 635, and properties
zoned Light Industrial, subject to the restrictions in this
subsection (A).
(ii) Restrictions for signs:
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a. shall not exceed 64 square feet in effective area,
with a maximum height of 8 feet ;
b. shall be located a minimum of 15 feet from all
property lines; and,
c. shall be limited to one sign per tract/lot per street
frontage.
(iii) Permits under this section shall be issued for a period of
one year from the date of issuance, and may be renewed for
a period not to exceed one year only when vacancies exist
and/or when appropriate documentation is presented to the
Building Official that a vacancy will exist within a three
month time period.
. (iv) Any signs permitted under this subsection shall be removed
within seven (7) days after a Certificate of Occupancy is
issued for the vacancy.
(B) Other locations requiring a permit:
(i) Temporary signs advertising the sale, rental or lease of the
property on which the sign is located may be erected on a
tract of land less than two acres in size fronting State
Highway 121 and Interstate Highway 635, and on tracts of
any size elsewhere, subject to the restrictions in this
subsection. No signs under this section shall be permitted
or allowed in any property zoned as residential.
(ii) Restrictions for signs:
a. shall not exceed 32 square feet in effective area,
with a maximum height of 8 feet ;
b. shall be located a minimum of 15 feet from all
property lines;
c. shall be spaced a minimum of 50 feet apart along a
street frontage; and,
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d. shall be limited to no more than one sign per lot, per
street frontage.
(iii) Permits for such signs are limited to a period of one year
from the date of issuance, and may be renewed for a period
not to exceed one year, only when vacancies exists and/or
when appropriate documentation is presented to the
Building Official that a vacancy will exist within a three
month time period.
(iv) Any signs permitted under this subsection shall be removed
within seven (7) days after a Certificate of Occupancy is
issued for the vacancy.
(C) Nonresidential real estate signs permitted in subsections (A) and
(B), in addition to the limitations in Sections (A) and (B), shall be
designed with the following elements:
(i)Sign Post: 3-4” extruded metal with decorative finials.
(ii)Sign Frame: Same color and materials as sign post.
(iii)Sign Face: Color: white, gray or beige/cream. Foreground
color (font and logo) shall be black.
(iv)Material: ¼” TO ½” plastic or aluminum coated MDO or
plastic cored aluminum.
(v)V-shaped signs shall not exceed 45 degrees to be
considered as two separate faces.
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These figures generally illustrate the architectural character and
elements as provided herein and shall be incorporated in the design
of signs under this section.
(D) In lieu of a Temporary Leasing sign as provided for herein, leasing
contact information may be incorporated within multi-tenant signs,
as provided in Sec. 12-29-4.2 (A) iii of the Sign Ordinance, and may
remain on a permanent basis."
SECTION 2. That all ordinances and provisions of the Ordinances of the City of
Coppell, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby,
repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this
ordinance, or of the Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or unconstitutional,
the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or of the
Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is
governed by prior law and the provisions of the Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the
offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 5. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance or of the ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of Coppell, Texas,
shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for
each offense; and each and every day said violation is continued shall constitute a separate
offense.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and
after its passage and publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 12.~
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ATTEST:
ROBERT E. HAGER, CI
(REH/cdb 02101/08 amended)
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